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While the presence of a trip sitter or guide may make a drug user feel safer, it is no guarantee that a bad trip will not occur or that the drug user will remain free of physical or mental harm. | While the presence of a trip sitter or guide may make a drug user feel safer, it is no guarantee that a bad trip will not occur or that the drug user will remain free of physical or mental harm. | ||
==Who trip | ==Who trip sits== | ||
The most common trip sitter is a friend or family member who the drug user trusts.<ref>Sitters or guides | http://csp.org/nicholas/A59.html</ref> Sometimes, a tripper will ask another more experienced user to sit for them. In some cases, a trip sitter may be a medical professional such as the nurses used in psychedelic research or a therapist who performs psychedelic psychotherapy.<ref>Notes From a Psychedelic Research Nurse | http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v05n1/05134nrs.html</ref><ref>Counter-Transference Issues in Psychedelic Psychotherapy | http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n2/10204fis.html</ref> | The most common trip sitter is a friend or family member who the drug user trusts.<ref>Sitters or guides | http://csp.org/nicholas/A59.html</ref> Sometimes, a tripper will ask another more experienced user to sit for them. In some cases, a trip sitter may be a medical professional such as the nurses used in psychedelic research or a therapist who performs psychedelic psychotherapy.<ref>Notes From a Psychedelic Research Nurse | http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v05n1/05134nrs.html</ref><ref>Counter-Transference Issues in Psychedelic Psychotherapy | http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v10n2/10204fis.html</ref> | ||